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Scientists claim to have found evidence of FUNGI on the Red Planet - Daily Mail

Scientists claim to have found evidence of FUNGI on the Red Planet - Daily Mail

Scientists claim to have found evidence of FUNGI on the Red Planet - Daily Mail
May 05, 2021 2 mins, 48 secs

The trio claim that these 'mushrooms' seem to shrink, appear and disappear over a period of days, weeks and months. In one example, the team says there is evidence of fungi resembling Puffballs on Earth 're-sprouting' in tracks left behind by the NASA Curiosity rover.

Scientists claim there are mushrooms growing on Mars.

The team says there is evidence of fungi resembling Puffballs on Earth (right)  're-sprouting' in tracks left behind by the NASA Curiosity rover (left).

Joseph has made headlines in the past when he sued NASA in 2014 demanding they examine a 'putative biological organism' which he says he saw in Opportunity rover images.

In the latest study, Joseph and his team insist they have seen proof of life on the Red Planet and included over 40 images in the latest study that supports their claims.

The researchers point to 'araneiforms', dark channels in the Martian soil, seen by Curiosity, as evidence of black fungi, mold, lichens, algae and other sulphur reducing species. .

Along with sprouting from the ground, the team also claims to have found evidence of mushrooms growing on top of Curiosity.

Along with sprouting from the ground, the team also claims to have found evidence of mushrooms growing on top of Curiosity.

However, jump ahead to SOl 1038 and part of the area is covered with dark material, which the team says is fungus growing on the edges.

And the trio of researchers claim some species of mushroom were seen growing on top of the Curiosity rover in pictures taken of the vehicle by its own Mastcam. .

Wei, Armstrong and Joseph also looked through images of Mars taken by NASA's Opportunity rover explored the Red Planet from 2003 through 2018.

The Opportunity team, however, recorded the structures as hematite, which are a common rock-forming mineral that could actually prove large amounts of water flowed on Mars.

As well as images from Curiosity, the team used pictures taken by the Opportunity rover and various orbiting spacecraft travelling around the Red Planet. 

The paper provides examples of mushrooms on Earth (left) to the structures seen on Mars (right) and claims the two are nearly the same

When looking for life on Mars, experts agree that water is key and in 2000 the first evidence of current water was found, inside ice

The team admits that similarities in morphology are not proof of life

However, the team argues there is enough evidence of 'life' in images captured by NASA and other agencies to suggest there is life on the Red Planet. 

Pictured are images of Opportunity's tire marks in the Martian dust that are surrounding by white structures that the paper says are mushrooms growing in the tracks

The Mars Curiosity rover was initially launched from Cape Canaveral, an American Air Force station in Florida on November 26, 2011. 

The Mars curiosity rover was initially intended to be a two-year mission to gather information to help answer if the planet could support life, has liquid water, study the climate and the geology of Mars an has since been active for more than 2,000  days

The rover was initially intended to be a two-year mission to gather information to help answer if the planet could support life, has liquid water, study the climate and the geology of Mars.  

The rover has several scientific instruments on board, including the mastcam which consists of two cameras and can take high-resolution images and videos in real colour. 

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